In Spain, Far-Right Populists Rise On Anti-Separatist Sentiment
The country had been a holdout from a trend already sweeping other parts of Europe and beyond. Now the right-wing Vox party shares power in Spain's largest region.
For years, Spain had avoided the rise of far-right populists, dodging a trend sweeping other parts of Europe.
But recently, that all changed.
In December, the far-right party Vox won 12 seats in the regional parliament of Andalusia, in southern Spain. It is the first time a far-right party has entered mainstream Spanish politics since the end of its decades-long dictatorship in the late 1970s. Vox now shares power in a coalition with two other parties in the country's most populous region.
Though still relatively small nationwide, Vox could soon have an impact on the national scene too. Last Friday,
